Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Malecek, Cyril M 
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Author: History of Grundy County, 1914

Malecek, Cyril M. – With the development of any community comes the need for 
good construction work, and the men who continue to hold the patronage of the 
public are those who have proven their worth and stability.  One of the men 
whose connections as a general contractor are firmly formed, is Cyril Malecek 
of South Wilmington, one of the leading men in his line in Grundy County.  Mr. 
Malecek was born in Bohemia, in 1864, and there attended school and was taught 
the trade of cabinetmaking.  In 1880 he came to the United States with his 
father and the rest of the family, and for a time they lived at Chicago where 
the father was a laborer.  He retired some time prior to his death, which 
occurred in that city, in December, 1909.  The mother passed away in the same 
city in 1890.  There were nine children in the family:  Joseph, Cyril, 
Veronika, Anna, Mary, Albyna, Fannie, Bessie and Josephine.

Cyril M. Malecek left Chicago in 1891 for Braidwood, Ill., where he began 
contracting, later moving to South Wilmington, where he has since continued.  
Mr. Malecek has practically built this town, as he had the contract for the 
construction of every church and hall and the majority of the residences in 
the place, and his work is the best advertisement he could have.  In 1889 Mr. 
Malecek married Annie Smolick, who was born at Chicago.  Nine children have 
been born of this marriage:  Cyril, Emma, Josephine, Rosa, Joseph, Lillian, 
Frank, Clara and Bessie, the last two being deceased, the former dying in 
infancy, and the latter when twelve years old.  Mr. Malecek belongs to the 
Knights of Pythias, the C. S. P. S. and the C. S. B. P. S., all of Chicago.  
Although a Democrat, he is very liberal in his political views.  Not only is 
he a man of capability in business, but also stands very well personally in 
the community that has been his home for so many useful years.

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Source:  History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. 
Publishers; 1914

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